Definition of MUCH

much

Meanings

Noun

  • a great amount or extent
    • "they did much for humanity"

Adjective

  • (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent
    • "not much rain"
    • "much affection"
    • "much grain is in storage"

Adverb

  • to a great degree or extent
    • "she's much better now"
  • very
    • "he was much annoyed"
  • to a very great degree or extent
    • "we enjoyed ourselves very much"
    • "she was very much interested"
  • (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely
    • "much the same thing happened every time"
  • frequently or in great quantities
    • "I don't drink much"
    • "I don't travel much"

Det

  • A large amount of.
  • Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the quantity of something.
  • A great number of; many (people).
  • many ( + plural countable noun).

Adj

  • Large, great.
  • Long in duration.

Adv

  • To a great extent.
  • To a great extent.
  • for emphasis or to indicate a great difference
  • Often; frequently.
  • Used to indicate or compare extent.
  • Combining with an adjective or (occasionally) a noun, used in a rhetorical question to mock someone for having the specified quality.
  • Almost.

Pron

  • A large amount or great extent.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English myċel, miċel (“big, much”), from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“big, stour, great”). See also mickle, muckle.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots mickle, mukill, mekil, mikil (“big, large, great, much”), Middle Dutch mēkel (“great, many, much”), Middle High German michel ("great, many, much"; > German michel (“great, big, large”)), Norwegian Bokmål mye (“much”), Norwegian Nynorsk mykje (“much”), Swedish mycket (“much”), Danish meget (“much”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils, “great, many”), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large, great”), Modern Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “large, great”).
Note that English much is not related to Spanish mucho, and their resemblance in both form and meaning is purely coincidental, as mucho derives from Latin multus and is not related to the Germanic forms. Instead, related to Spanish maño.

Synonyms

a good deal, a great deal, a great deal of, a lot, a lot of, greatly, highly, loads, lots, often, plenty, practically, very much

Antonyms

almost, few, less, little, nearly

Scrabble Score: 11

much is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
much is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
much is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

much is a valid Words With Friends word